Franciscan Church (Vienna)
The St. Hieronymus Monastery Church (in common parlance: Franciscan Church ) is a Roman Catholic monastery church in Vienna's 1st district, Inner City, on Franziskanerplatz . The church is the Cathedral and Metropolitan parish of St. Stephan assumed, which lies within the deanery 1 of the Archdiocese of Vienna belonging Vicariate Vienna City . It is the holy Hieronymus consecrated . The building is a listed building . It houses the oldest playable organ in Vienna, the Wöckherl organ .
history
From 1451 the Franciscan order had its first monastery in Vienna with St. Theobald ob der Laimgrube in the district of Mariahilf , which was destroyed in 1529.
In 1589 the municipality of Vienna left the empty penitentiary monastery , built between 1383 and 1387, to the Franciscan order . When the Franciscans took over the building - in which former prostitutes were housed as penitents - the church was rebuilt using old components. So it is that Vienna's only sacred building in the Renaissance style is still often adorned with Gothic elements. The church was completed in 1607 (although the interior design was not completed until 1720), the monastery was not completed until 1630.
Furnishing
The high altar was created in 1707 by Andrea Pozzo . The front part is sculptured, while the columns, architecture, dome and clouds are painted on canvas.
In the course of the restoration of the choir organ, the prayer choir and the backdrop altar, which were built from 1603 to 1607 according to plans by Father Bonaventura, were also restored. In the process, grisaille paintings were uncovered, which are a hitherto unknown and unique “document of early baroque wall paintings of great art historical importance” for Vienna.
Inside, particular attention should be paid to the Wöckherl organ , which is positioned behind the high altar in the choir. It was built in 1642 and is the oldest still playable organ in Vienna; its sister organ is in the cathedral and parish church of St. Georg in Ödenburg and is the oldest functioning church organ in Central Europe from 1633.
Statue of grace
Legends of miracles are known from the statue of grace from the 15th century. She should come from Grünberg near Bohemia. Protestants are said to have tried to destroy the statue there. In attempting to burn it, it resisted the fire. After trying in vain to destroy it with an ax, the hatchet was left in Maria's left shoulder and the statue has since been venerated as the "Madonna with the Ax".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Vienna - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from June 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 21, 2016 (PDF).
- ↑ Bundesdenkmalamt : Verborgenes Organ-Gesamtkunstwerk ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved Oct. 3, 2010
- ↑ Long Night of the Churches: Cathedral and Parish Church of St. George, page IX
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '22 .5 " N , 16 ° 22' 28.7" E